jennet

Middle English genett from Middle French genette from Spanish jinete, horseman, mounted soldier from Arabic Zen?ta, a tribe of Barbary

jennet

noun

A female donkey.

A small Spanish saddle horse. Also called genet .

Origin of jennet

Middle English genetfrom Old French from Old Catalan genetor Old Spanish ginetemounted soldier armed with a lance, horsemanboth Old Catalan and Old Spanish from Arabic zanātībelonging to the ZanatafromZanātaname of a confederation of Berber tribes famous for their horsemanship